From September 8 to next October 8, the autumn session of the United Nations Human Rights Council is taking place at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. This gathering, which marks the Council’s third annual session and its sixtieth ordinary session, allows States to take stock of the current global human rights situation.

As in previous editions, Haiti, represented by the Ombudsman, Jean Wilner Morin, brought no new outlook. In the speech he delivered on Thursday, October 2, 2025, he once again described a country trapped in the grip of poor governance and armed violence—a situation that gravely undermines the enjoyment of fundamental rights. The picture drawn by Me Morin was among the bleakest.